Highlights:
Tuesday, February 10: Dr. Ory Zik, co-founder and CEO of HelioFocus, a company developing
and commercializing modular, highly-efficient solar thermal solutions, discusses the
challenge of building a solar startup at the Harvard Business School.
Thursday, February 12: Celebrate the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birthday with
Janet Browne at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Evolution Matters lecture series.
Tuesday, February 19: The Energy and Environment Professional Interest Council welcomes
Prof. Ackerman (Tufts University) to discuss his recently published book, "Can We
Afford the Future?: The Economics of a Warming World."
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 2/5/2009
4:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Exploring the genetic basis of mimicry and speciation in Heliconius
butterflies." Marcus Kronforst, FAS Center for Systems Biology.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 ,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
6:00p - 8:00p Climate Change: Policy Change and Complex Systems
(MIT Sloan, E51-376, Tang Center, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. John Sterman, the Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Director of
the System Dynamics Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Contact:
https://www.123signup.com/servlet/Sig...
6:00p - 7:00p EEPIC Student Speaker Series
(Taubman 301, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Smart Grid Technologies and Policies." Alex Zheng, MPP1.
Contact: Andrew Foss, andrew_foss(a)ksg09.harvard.edu
Friday 2/6/2009
8:30a - 9:30a Microbial Sciences Friday Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Structurally diverse dsRNA viruses." Max Nibert (Virology), Harvard Medical
School- Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.
Contact: Runal Mehta, runal_mehta(a)harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643 ,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Dynamics of coupled natural and human systems in the Colorado Front." Patrick
Bourgeron, Plymouth State University.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
12:00p Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Pierce Hall, Room 209, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Fluid Mechanics of Sea Ice and Ice Shelves." Grae Worster, Institute of
Theoretical Geophysics, and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
University of Cambridge, UK.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
Saturday 2/7/2009
8:00a - 5:00p Changing Landscapes: 2009 Real Estate Symposium at HBS
(Harvard Business School, Allston, MA)
Keynote Speaker: Nori Gerardo Lietz, recently named the second most important figure in
global real estate behind Sam Zell. Featured Panels on Changing Environment and Changing
Landscapes.
Contact:
www.www.hbsrealestate.net
Monday 2/9/2009
11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
4:00p MIT Science Technology, and Society Colloquia
(MIT, Building E51-095, Cambridge, MA)
"Agricultural Biotechnology and Society: African Perspectives." Calestous Juma,
Professor of the Practice of International Development & Director of the Science,
Technology, and Globalization.
Contact: 617-452-2390,
web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html
4:00p EPS Spring Colloquium
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum 102, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Tectonics and climate of the southern Central Andes." Manfred Strecker,
University of Potsdam, Germany.
Tuesday 2/10/2009
9:00a - 10:30a Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Building Institutions for Conservation and Sustainable Development: Examples from
India." Kamal Bawa, Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts at
Boston.
Contact:
www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci
12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Why are there so many herbivorous insects in tropical forests?" George Weiblen,
University of Minnesota.
Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062
3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics
of discussion.
Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-384-8398,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, Room 102, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Retrodiction: Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Predicting the Past." Dr.
Chris Organ, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Department of Organismic and
Evolutionary Biology.
Contact: ehap.seminar(a)gmail.com
4:15p MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series
(MIT Building 66, Room 110, Cambridge, MA)
"Recent advances, new trends, and future challenges within the Li-ion battery energy
storage system." Jean-Marie Tarascon, Professor, Université de Picardie Jules Verne.
Contact:
web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/
6:00p - 7:00p Solar Energy Startups: the Israeli Perspective
(Aldrich 207, Harvard Business Scool, Boston, MA)
A presentation by Dr. Ory Zik, co-founder and CEO of HelioFocus, a company developing and
commercializing modular, highly-efficient solar thermal solutions.
Contact: Larryt(a)cjp.org, 617-457-8732
6:00p - 7:30p Great Decisions Global Affairs Lecture Series
(Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA)
"Energy and the U.S. Economy." Topic: Instability in key producing regions such
as the Middle East and increasing demand from developing countries are affecting the
global economy.
Wednesday 2/11/2009
3:30p Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series
(Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA)
"The Evolutionary Mechanics of Movement and Communication in the Sea." Sheila
Patek, Radcliffe Institute Fellow, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative
Biology at the University of California at Berkeley.
Contact: (617) 495-8212,
www.radcliffe.edu
6:00p - 7:30p MIT Energy Club Lecture Series
(MIT, Building E51, Room 335, Cambridge, MA)
"America's Energy Future panel discussion." Mike Morris, CEO, American
Electric Power, with Former New York Governor, George Pataki and President of Ceres, Mindy
Lubber.
Contact:
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
8:00p Environmental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA)
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Thursday 2/12/2009
5:00p - 6:15p God and Global Warming: Scientists' and Evangelicals' Common
Voice
(Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Join Eric Chivian and Richard Cizik as they tell the story of their discovery that
scientists and evangelical leaders shared a profound reverence for life on Earth and a
deep sense of responsibility about working together to protect it.
Contact: Meg Thomsen, margaret_thomsen(a)hms.harvard.edu, 617-384-8533 ,
chge.med.harvard.edu
6:00p - 7:30p MIT Energy Club Lecture Series
(MIT, Building 4, Room 163, Cambridge, MA)
"Integrating Electric Vehicles Into New England's Grid and Electricity
Markets." Panelists will discuss integrating electric vehicles into New
England's grid and electricity markets.
Contact: John Kluza, jkluza(a)mit.edu ,
events.mit.edu/scripts/list_ext.pl?gr...
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Darwin at 200: Rethinking the Revolution." Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of
the History of Science, Harvard.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
6:00p - 7:30p Human Rights Distinguished Lectures
(Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge,
MA)
"Promoting Human Rights and Protecting Human Dignity through the United Nations: The
Impact of Development and Climate Change." Ambassador Peter Maurer, Permanent
Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations.
Contact: humanrights(a)harvard.edu ,
www.humanrights.harvard.edu/
Friday 2/13/2009
9:00a - 12:30p Restructuring Roundtable
(Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Blvd, 13th Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA)
"Integrating Electric Vehicles into a Smarter Electric Grid." Federal Energy
Regulatory Commissioner John Wellinghoff.
Contact:
www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl...
12:30p - 1:30p Boston University Presidential Lecture on Energy and Environmental
Sustainability
( Location: Boston University School of Management Auditorium 595 Commonwealth Avenue,
Boston)
"The Link Between Energy and Financial Markets." Joseph T. Kelliher, Former
chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Contact:
www.bu.edu/eng/kelliher/
2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmetnal and Agricultural History
(Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
"She Sings (My Life as a Mosquito): The Story of Malaria's Unstable Agro-Ecology
in Ethiopia." Jim McCann, Professor of History, Boston University.
Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu
Saturday 2/14/2009
2:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin."
Children's book author Kathryn Lasky and artist Matthew Trueman.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Sunday 2/15/2009
2:00p - 12:45p Harvard Museum of Natural History Family Program
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"An Afternoon with Charles Darwin." With Andrew Berry. Imagine meeting Charles
Darwin! What stories would he tell? What would you ask him?
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/...
Monday 2/16/2009
11:30a Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
Tuesday 2/17/2009
9:00a - 4:00p Planetary Science microSymposium
(Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 20 Oxford St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Speakers from Harvard, CfA and NASA will presenting on a range of topics. Followed by a
reception.
Contact: Glenn Sterenborg, mgsteren(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.geophysics.harvard.edu/psm
12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Boletus rubropunctus forms tuberculate ectomycorrhizae and sclerotia with Quercus
spp. over a wide geographic range." Matt Smith, Pfister Lab, Farlow Fellow.
Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062
3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics
of discussion.
Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-384-8398,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
5:00p - 6:30p EEPIC Expert Speaker Engagement
(Malkin Penthouse, Littauer, 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge,
MA)
"Can We Afford the Future?: The Economics of a Warming World." Prof. Frank
Ackerman, Tufts University.
5:30p MIT Faculty Club Seminar
(MIT Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA)
"The Role of Battery Technology in the Electrification of Vehicles." Yet-Ming
Chiang, Kyocera Professor of Ceramics, MIT.
Contact:
alum.mit.edu/learn/SeminarSeries/Bost...
Wednesday 2/18/2009
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Price of Gasoline and the Demand for Fuel Efficiency: Evidence from Monthly New
Vehicles Sales Data." Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Joshua Linn,
University of Ilinois.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054
8:00p Environmental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in
learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment
is welcome.
Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Thursday 2/19/2009
11:00a - 3:00p EBC 5th Semiannual Environmental, Energy & Engineering Career Fair
(Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter St., Boston, MA)
This Environmental & Energy Career Fair is one of the best opportunities to learn
about environmental professions.
Contact:
ebc.terranovum.com/index.php?id=77&am...
6:00p - 7:00p MIT Energy: Wind Sub-Community Lecture Series
(MIT, Building E51, Room 376, Cambridge, MA)
Jack Clarke of Mass Audubon will give a lecture on wind energy and wildlife issues
including an overview as well as a more focused discussion of the "challenges"
that the Cape Wind project.
Contact:
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
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